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I would stop at the "always prepared" benefit. The other benefits are way too much, especially because while the Wizard gets more powerful during downtime, we don't know if the rest of the party is just lagging behind.

At least by the OP's description it seems the 2024 version is expanded to account for advantage/disadvantage, and maybe the values are revised and more precise. The 2014 table is very simple, just a column for the mob "roll needed to hit" (I assume you add/sub 5 to that for dis/advantage) and...

I really don't like the idea of having to pay for training and level up. I can't imagine a player not choosing to level up, so the training cost becomes a tax, it doesn't make treasure simply worthwhile but rather necessary, and if it's necessary then as a DM I have to give out treasure just so...

Never. I always enforce the "fade to background" method: if a player is absent, their PC is out of the game. No one is going to control that PC, but also no one is going to harm it. It is simply dragged along with the rest of the party, which might include an unpleasant outcome such as being...

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If you want to bring biology into the ruling, then I could say that according to biologists whatever is in a creature's digestive tract is not technically "inside" the creature's organisms but still "outside" of it. But then, I do not think it's really sensible to bring biology in for this...

That's an interesting case! I like this ruling. Of course a teleported creature doesn't leave its eaten food behind as it doesn't leave equipment behind, or an object held. But on the other hand, a swallowed creature is not equipment. Neither it is an object, at least not until dead. I would...

I wouldn't mind being a player in a game where the GM never rolls. But as a GM, I would have less fun if I can't roll for the monsters.

I've always been allergic to the bloodied concept, but I definitely like lair actions. I keep using my 2014 MM, and feel free to add lair actions to more monsters no matter their CR.

"Logically" the opposite is just as true. It's a game, not reality.

Uhm... wouldn't you end up with basically 25% of the entire population having class levels? That's quite a lot and not suitable for my preferences.

Answering here from the perspective of 5.0, but I don't know if this has been changed in 5.5. I think that going by the RAW you DM is correct: the Beholder creates a cone with the same effect as an Antimagic Field spell, which says that spells cannot be cast from inside the affected area. Ready...

Sad by true... It's one of those things that designers and gamers seem to always think it would be so cool to have, so we  need to put them in the game otherwise they go like "where are the languages, this game doesn't have languages, how can we play without languages?". But then, they don't...

I generally do not worry much about prices in 5e, as I mostly only have time to run one-shots rather than long campaigns, and this means that most often than not our PCs  find equipment more than buying it, and when doing so they don't care much about prices. Then, specifically about poison, I...

I am not gonna read the article as it sounds like clickbait to me. I am just gonna say that as long as I remember the Forgotten Realms has always been subject to dramatic changes, often driven by rules edition changes. Maybe not exactly "ret-cons" but frankly I got tired of FR rehashing and...

Personally I think that at least the last few editions of D&D have been generally bad at two things (separated for convenience but rather parts of the same problem) a) leaving non-combat problems to be resolved narratively: I think having strict rules for social interaction and exploration very...

I have the same problem as the OP. All superheroes stuff (games, movies, comics) automatically triggers a "lame! garbage!" voice in my head, and I don't know why... but it's been going on since I was in kindergarten. Maybe I had some early bias: maybe it was that back then it was always the...

I am not sure you understood my reply. Lazybones asked about 2014 PHB subclasses which were not included in 2024 PHB, and guesses that there will be one book to include them all. It is certainly possible that all those 4 wizard subclasses and 3-4 (don't remember) cleric subclasses will be...

This is certainly planned, as it is a proven method to increase sales, but I think it definitely won't be a single book but the stuff will rather be spread to multiple books like in 3.5.

But was it boring for your players too? I usually think that most players find things boring when they can be bypassed by a dumb dice roll, at least in this case a player's decision was required.